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South Bend development Conmission Special Mee ing - August 8, 1980 6. NEW d. continued... Ms. Auburn: It was interesting °on my trw7els on my vacation as I went west- wani read the newspapers going across the country, that the discussion on et of plants is going on in almost every state that has a substantial farm- ing con unity. There are plants being pr sed and developed in Nebraska; Kansas, Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. I think tha this is an important development, not only for South Bend, but for the State of Indiana to get into that kind Of T larket. Mr. INimtz: Thank you Ms. Auburn. e. Tax I Abatement request from the Hablin Mr. Ellison: I don't see Mr. Harold B seke present, who is the attorney for the petitioner. In his absence I 11 briefly describe the report h whi has been prepared by the staff for the Commission which has been marked as Item 6E in your packets. This abate - men request is for the Century Mall Place project which has been under construction for some tine and as I and stand it, is nearly completed. The petition is a ticklish.one in that the understanding of the Council's intEnt previously has been that if a construction permit were issued or con- struction actually started, then it could not be reasonably demonstrated that an abatement was necessary to make that pro ect happen: However, our investi- gation reveals that the Hablin Company, the petitioner, is in a rather awkward situation in that Hablin in developing the project and starting construction did so at a time when there was no clear local pro edure. They also started construction at a time when Hablin presumed that the fi year abatement statute would be app icable and they would be able to receive the five year abatement. -15-